Yuliya Kalina

Yuliya Kalina

Personal information
Born	October 24, 1988 (age 27) Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Women’s weightlifting Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2012 London –58 kg World Championships 2009 Goyang –58 kg European Championships 2015 Tbilisi –63 kg 2009 Bucharest –58 kg 2014 Tel Aviv –63 kg

Yuliya Kalina (Ukrainian: Юлія Каліна; born October 24, 1988) is a Ukrainian weightlifter.^[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 58 kg.

Kalina started weightlifting at the age of 12.^[2] At 13 she joined Ukraine's junior weightlifting team.^[2] 2 years later Kalina became a single parent with one daughter, Myroslava (born in 2003).^[2][3] Myroslava lives with her grandmother in Mariupol, while her mother resides in Kiev.^[2]

References

1. "Yuliya Kalina". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
2. Weightlifter's journey from teenage mother to Olympic medallist, BBC News (26 February 2016)
3. Чемпіонка Європи Юлія Каліна: Коли у Маріуполі стріляють, донька жартує, що це попкорн (in Ukrainian). espreso.tv. 2016-03-14.